9 Animals That Will Outlive Humans

Human beings will survive a long time-but due to amazing survival techniques, these 9 animal species will definitely live longer. Join Michael Aranda for a new episode of SciShow, and find out why these species will outlive us!
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[@josephhalbohn5962]

“When it’s stressed, the immortal jellyfish turns into a blob that doesn’t do anything” Same, little jelly buddy, same

[@AnnoyingNewsletters]

Indeed 😶‍🌫️

[@diobrando9904]

80 million years without sex. And you thought your dry spell was bad.

[@Pistolita221]

lol

[@YouWillNeverKnowMan]

lol

[@OmegaMegalodon]

+Dio Brando probably future humans will be like that too, we call it Ectogenesis. Also we could also be looking at enhanced humans from transgenesis too. Science is awesome right, too bad we are unable to live long enough to see it happen.

[@pictureofacat9525]

Muda, sorry i had to do it.

[@isaacalinda]

😂😂

[@lunarchyld6793]

I love Michael's voice! He has been around Hank too long and use the same voice inflections. :) Unless he is a robot that Hank made.

[@luciferangelica]

the twist is: you are the robot hank made

[@marisolramirez4925]

Well yes, but Hank's voice is a little grating. Michael's is way softer to the ear. That's why I love his voice.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

@@marisolramirez4925 now if only he was nice to look at

[@Zaihanisme]

@@dontspikemydrink9382 please see yourself out of here, how dare you talk like that about the best looking SciShow male host!

[@thepinknightmare8747]

awwwww maaan...I thought this was gonna be all about animals that had long lifespans. still enjoyed the episode though, gonna like.

[@netkat26]

N

[@tokiobabe99]

Wait, it's not? Still gonna watch though, and I'll still love it as well.

[@Hydrosized]

I wondered!

[@lucalascola]

Me too you made me almost click away when I read your comment lol

[@SomeOne-zw6kh]

Same.. I'm curious to know what's up, since I read this before watching lol.

[@chrismondson128]

#9 are basically the ants from hunter X hunter

[@TheDegoe]

+Christopher Edmondson chimera ants

[@MaMahmod]

ant king

[@lemonke8132]

Dude so true

[@zyfigamer]

Or the Zerg from Starcraft.

[@DigitalFumbles]

+Christopher Edmondson I was thinking the exact same.

[@WillaDaKilla474]

7:03 I think you mean fixing themCELLves. I'll see myself out.

[@WillaDaKilla474]

Berns Games I can't take you seriously, if you're trying to be sarcastic you're really not CELLing it.

[@MegaJoshua987]

DemonicSquid Fine then!!! If you don't like me then why don't you get up and leave! That's right go CELL (sail) away on your ugly CELLboat!

[@WillaDaKilla474]

Berns Games Ok. I was going to leave but I think the badness of my puns has been outshadowed by yours. Please stop.

[@tankofnova4629]

Don't CELL yourCELLf short guys

[@housephone9090]

Ba dum tsssk

[@jazeroth322]

I'm really surprised u didn't have that tiny little animal that can survive in space and being completely frozen, i have forgotten their name but they are amazing cool

[@mariebelfond29]

tardigrades

[@jazeroth322]

Ty

[@backslashs4890]

+Marie Belfond Or waterbears :)

[@steelbee4282]

+christopher tucker commonly called 'Water Bears'

[@mattydraps8280]

I think the common name is water bears , they can survive in space for a while

[@whippetgood1806]

So I'm sitting here watching this and thinking about when Micheal first started hosting the show. I was so unsure and the change scared me! But here we are, years later, with him being (in my opinion) one of the best presenters on the platform. Sci show has brought some of the best and most easily digested content to my life through all 3 of your mind blowing hosts, so thank you for making my last few years a happier and smarter place to be! :)

[@Caram0n]

wait! it's the same guy?!?!

[@Doc_Fartens]

No mention of the Tardigrade, the only animal known to have survived the vacuum of space?

[@trilight3597]

+Ryan Probably because they don't 'outlive' us. At most I've seen 30 years? Up to 10 days in space is incredible. The creatures aren't meant to stand [extreme] conditions long but rather meant to resist them, but that's just my theory. A biological theory, thanks for reading.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

I also think the Tardigrade should be in the video as well

[@loganwashburn6387]

The tardigrade isnt as impressive as most people say

[@tonydai782]

when the tardigrade goes in its curled up form, it can resist a lot of stuff but when in normal conditions, it is just as prone to death as anything else

[@tonydai782]

also tardigrades wouldn't continue thriving in any of those conditions in the video, as long as the conditions last for long enough as they can't perform normal functions while in that "sleeping" state

[@arcaderockstar7536]

"No thanks, I just had seeds this morning." *Round of applause* 👏

[@MochYee]

Cool! Was the tardigrade in there though? They survived all mass extinctions they've been through, can survive in temperatures one degree above absolute zero, withstand heat that's more than a frying pan cooking stuff, and go for 10 years without water.

[@alinasokolskaya1187]

+Yee Tee There was a whole episode on them! :)

[@MochYee]

Alina Sokolskaya Oh! I didn't know that. I'm still a bit new on Scishow. I'll go check it out. Thanks, Alina!

[@Medevildragonman]

Bdelloid Rotifers? More like THE F***CKING ZERG.

[@jonathan0225]

+Captain Kerbal why are you not top comment yet? xD

[@ulyssesm.daniels6927]

Captain Kerbal are you familiar with Warhammer 40k? Because this made me think of the Tyranid Genestealers, which are quite similar.

[@ParanoidPixel]

Sorry, but i'm going to live forever.

[@twaynewade2544]

mhm

[@jacobwass3173]

mmmhmmmmm

[@callmemesh]

... or die trying.

[@twaynewade2544]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@CaptainWerp]

+Jaffaftw dom lmao

[@samgeorge4798]

what about tartagradea

[@samgeorge4798]

tartagrads*

[@TheHortoman]

+Sam George tardigrades -.-

[@QuantumLeclerc]

+Sam George spelling tho 😂👌

[@samgeorge4798]

+doxlulzem 👌👌👌

[@QuantumLeclerc]

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[@gageeichman131]

But what about tardigrades? They're probably the most resilient things alive.

[@trilight3597]

+Gage Eichman Probably because they don't 'outlive' us. At most I've seen 30 years? Up to 10 days in space is incredible. The creatures aren't meant to stand [extreme] conditions long but rather meant to resist them, but that's just my theory. A biological theory, thanks for reading.

[@intoxicary]

Wow. Wish you had a whole video on Bdelloid Rotifers.

[@capitanodisseo429]

Saharian ants also have a really good sense of direction. And by the way, the antifreeze gene is probably in the strawberries you eat too. I've never heard of Bdelloid rotifers: it sound's pretty interesting, I'll probably do some research about it :D

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

9 is the closest thing the world has to Kirby I guess.

[@jaredrobinson9330]

Awesome episode, love the the show! Would love to see something on phempto photography and liquid metal batteries

[@DioOmicida]

I really like these top 10 style videos. They've all brought tons of information.

[@bluetannery1527]

. Calling it rn, tardigrades are gonna be on the list

[@bluetannery1527]

Fuck

[@alyssamsipe9123]

+William Tannery hahaha sorry

[@felixthecrazy]

+William Tannery Yeah, I was like, "What about my damn water bears!"

[@SuperZarrabal]

They weren't, because they are impied already

[@Milenos]

+William Tannery Would have been to easy for them to be there.

[@FigTreeCinemas]

Could you guys create a "The Future is Wild" type series? I want to see what creatures you think would exist in 10,000+ years. Thanks for the great content! :-D

[@hereticalape7574]

You guys should make a video about multinucleate cells, like osteoclasts.

[@dg-hughes]

The tube worms would be OK even if the oceans froze since the oceans wouldn't freeze down to the ocean floor.

[@LimakPan]

Water bears.

[@ewanmacdonell5062]

Tardigrades can't live in extreme conditions, only persist in them. They really aren't that good at living in normal conditions either, they are killed by the thousands by slugs, snails and even themselves.

[@hazoish7670]

Where are my tardigrades... They’re my favourite animal and 2nd is the pilgrim falcon and 3rd is a snek

[@KaijuRamen54]

I really wish these guys would do a SciShow Nature or something. You have SciShow Space...why not one that focuses on nature and animals?

[@thedrybros5478]

Kinda similar if you like ancient life is PBS eons it's pretty cool I'd recommend it

[@Moonbeam143]

But why is there lint in my bellybutton?

[@shakey215]

+Moonbeam cos u dont wash

[@sabercon12]

Why isn't the tardigrade on this list? That thing can survive space. SPACE!

[@trilight3597]

+SaberCon12 Probably because they don't 'outlive' us. At most I've seen 30 years? The creatures aren't meant to stand [extreme] conditions long but rather meant to resist them, but that's just my theory. A biological theory, thanks for reading. Though that space thing is insane.

[@summerbrooks9922]

Yeah, imagine the occupants of the ISS being eaten by a giant tardigrade!!

[@eggs8021]

They aren't really animals

[@crispybacon4240]

Another good -buzzfeed- -Mentalfloss- SciShow video.

[@Henchman.24]

Such a good show and channel

[@LorenzoCianiS]

another great show, thanks!

[@SunnyApples]

7:41 - Zerg! :O

[@bugjams]

All life on the surface: *Dies* Life at the bottom of the ocean: *Y’all hear su’um?*

[@cormacwyatt5220]

one of the most interesting videos you have done. love your show!

[@cormacwyatt5220]

+Dule your point is?

[@cormacwyatt5220]

Bahaha! I was thinking it was a bit of a harsh response to my comment :D hope you get that 'fuck you' to the right person.

[@SnivyDoll]

I freaking love his hand motions.

[@ZenNaster]

9 animals that will outlive us? not if we kill em first! Murica!

[@sythlorde]

+ZenNaster USA-USA-USA!

[@shots2345]

+ZenNaster AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!!

[@gameboygamer6498]

BETTER DEAD THAN RED!!!!

[@dpeters119]

MURICA YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[@vankai6817]

WOO FUCK EM

[@GoErikTheRed]

What? No tardigrades? They can literally survive in space!

[@Markfps]

awesome episode

[@wheelslifts851]

Damn, desert scavenger ants would be a good heavy metal band name lol, those things are crazy!

[@04silverado6.0]

those damn radroaches

[@summerbrooks9922]

Yeah, think about it roaches, ants, rats, camels, worms, mollusks, and jellyfish, all of which are unattractive as heck. And we stand likely to find a few of them on either a cold or a hot planet!! Wow, am I enthusiastic?

[@alexiswoodberry9119]

All of my tardigrade friends and I are going to write very strongly worded letters regarding their absence in this video. So under appreciated. I appreciate them. I appreciate everyone. Speaking of everyone, i wonder why my only friends are tardigrades. Hmm.

[@Xarrayne]

+Alexis Woodberry They obviously just forgot #10: Tardigrades - who edits these things anyway? It's called Top 10 for a reason ;)

[@alexiswoodberry9119]

They must've forgotten. Tardigrades need to be represented just like everyone else- camels don't stand a chance at outliving them. ;)

[@XiaoMof]

Alexis Woodberry water bears are good at living in extreme conditions... however, not for long periods of time. In fact, they can die if you just so much as step on the ground.

[@KendrixTermina]

Those Rotifers sound so cool To think there could be this whole other method to get variety!

[@OmegaMegalodon]

Wished I have all those abilities mentioned above. It would be awesome! You guys may want to add hydra and lobster to the lists too. Thanks

[@trollzynisaacjohan1793]

Camels drink form the air through their nose!

[@movement2contact]

and you talk out of your ass.

[@trollzynisaacjohan1793]

movement2contact yeah

[@winterscrazyable]

+movement2contact dayumn

[@mikeshaftx]

+movement2contact Savage

[@animetrash146]

Trollzyn/Trazyn I can drink water through my nose, I sick it up my nose then put it in my mouth than swallow it

[@seabb]

I totally thought they'd include tardigrades on here as the ultimate apocalypse survivor but no. :( Poor waterbears.

[@trilight3597]

+Shelly Bai Probably because they don't 'outlive' us, as far as generations or evolution? At most I've seen 30 years in extreme consitions? Up to 10 days in space is incredible. The creatures aren't meant to stand [extreme] conditions long but rather meant to resist them, but that's just my theory. A biological theory, thanks for reading.

[@Milubee]

i love all videos by this guy! and i am glad these cute animals will take over our planet when we are done for! eheh

[@mattdwmc]

This channel has to be in my top5 channels. So fucking good bro

[@tyresejoseph9263]

where do ear wax come from

[@ajpearl2075]

Ears

[@coldramen2353]

+AJ Pearl rekt

[@thelifeyoulive410]

from the wax god

[@AlphaBetaDeltaGamma]

+V. V. Malazan no way, wax is the mortal enemy of anus hair

[@TheGreatMoonFrog]

Why have all insects evolved to have better radiation resistance than mammals? Something that happened early to land insects while we were protected in the oceans?

[@vanessaschoensiegel5232]

As far as I know, actually yes?

[@LogicBob]

Good list!

[@magdamalicka1085]

What about doing a video about the history and plans of space exploration? The most important missions etc. :D

[@TheBiggestTungsten]

The Tardigrade was too powerful to be on this list.

[@akhilp3559]

+King Axalis lol forreal thats just cheating at this point

[@Mondy667]

It's terrible

[@neptunian5686]

But can they build spaceships? I think _nooot_...

[@theentertaner]

Knowing that the quahog looks like a clam makes family guys drunken clam in quahog even better

[@SkyLordPanglot]

Watching stuff like these makes me believe a world with superheroes could actually be possible.

[@colldrake4209]

Fact: you can hold your breath for the rest of your life

[@tacticalnuke3805]

"the rest of your life" xD

[@PromethorYT]

+Coll Drake I get this is a pun, but its not true. You can't physically hold your breath to death. You body, by reflex won't let you hold your breath long enough to die from it. At some point you will inhale oxygen even if you try your hardest not to. Unless I'm missing something, it is impossible to die by holding your breath alone. :P

[@neilisbored2177]

Well, at least, waking life. Though boring, as you faint and unfaint constantly. -I know from experience.-

[@robertharris6092]

Promethor its plenty possible to will yourself to hold your breath. Look at the vietnamese monk that stood perfectly still burning to death. However the issue is youl hold your breath till you fall unconscious. then youll resume breathing.

[@luciferangelica]

show us

[@PikakittenX]

80 million years without sex? I think the bdelloid rotifer is my spirit animal.

[@summerbrooks9922]

You mean the DNA thief?

[@Vislav]

Amazing!

[@timsullivan4566]

As he disdainfully watches a 507 yr old Ocean Quahog pigging out on a single O2 molecule, Immortal Jellyfish (to himself): "Kids today - no manners!"

[@AximTurel]

Wait... WHERE ARE THE WATER BEARS?

[@domenickpalmieri3230]

feel like tardigrades needed a spot on the list but i think they had a video on them earlier so

[@gokuthetypeofningen1688]

Hi, can you guys do a SciShow about the science behind traffic jams?

[@RoxasLov3r4Ev3r]

The kangaroo rat is one of the CUTEST THINGS I've ever seen!!!! What a cutie baby!!! 😭😭🥺🥺🥺 Hope they recover from endangerment...

[@eveningdim7167]

Water Bears are too obvious, hence why theu were skipped.

[@legion999]

So the kangaroo rat is basically muad-dib

[@Vupperware]

I need to read that book

[@legion999]

+Skyler Canady the first one's great, you really should

[@daultonbaird6314]

+legion999 Ye Doon say

[@tradetor]

The ant was like, I would like my friend in medium rare please

[@stevemcgroob4446]

Scishow, what are conditions like in the caldera of Olympus Mons?

[@kof2002kof]

why do people like to eat booty like groceries

[@movement2contact]

wut...?

[@miyahs830]

+movement2contact it's a song reference

[@ABW941]

+kof2002kof You are wrong, it is the other way round. People like to eat grocery like booty, booty which looks like figs for example.

[@schinkenschnitzel1147]

because humans like to have sex in any way posible my freind b0ss, many apes like to actually

[@JoeyPsych]

What about the tardigrades?

[@jamesherald1881]

Fascinating!

[@aBamieh]

@scishow what do you mean when you said the antarctic toothfish swims in places so cold that its tissues should freeze solid. as far as i know anything below 0 (+/-) gets frozen and floats on the ocean surface, hence all water inside the ocean should be around 0. what am i missing here? are there colder waters than that?

[@drunkenrampage1588]

Not anymore! *pumps shotgun*

[@denisethasder8193]

Tardigrades had better be on here

[@denisethasder8193]

:(

[@merikmalhads1676]

+Denise Thasder They don't really survive they just kinda stop living for a while and revive themselves later

[@cpob2013]

+Denise Thasder well, radiation tho...

[@denisethasder8193]

+Merik Malhads fair enough, but at least that gives them a chance to live until conditions are better, right? I was also thinking about how they can survive many times more the dose of lethal radiation than humans can, so in a nuclear fallout they'd probably be fine :)

[@merikmalhads1676]

Denise Thasder A lot of organism can pull of high radiation survival; it is gonna be the food shortage from the nuclear winter that will get the majority

[@vanrosauch5659]

Interesting , explains a lot

[@christinagarneysnaturalmys9738]

It's being along time since I saw ur face I am smiling bless Micheal u are a star x

[@Hoshimaru57]

As animals go, humans are terribly fragile and bad at adapting to change. Our advantage is our aggression and the ability to alter nature to our needs. We can create fire, build shelter and shade, bring water to barren lands, harvest it out of our own waste if necessary, and in the modern age we created the possibility of a nuclear armageddon, and we built shelters to try and survive that too. Yet almost any sustained unfavorable conditions can kill us. Heatstroke, hypothermia, radiation poisoning, dehydration. Hell, if nothing else does us in there's always cancer and our own hatred of ourselves.

[@Hoshimaru57]

Adapting to change with just our own bodies.

[@cristianverdugogalaz8725]

we still do have the means to not only destroy the earth, but we have the means to save it too

[@sodatta11]

no1 talked about my friend Tardigrade?

[@MindWalker123]

what is vitamin b17? Please tell us ScyShow, there is a lot of her say on the internet but I would like to know some facts. Thank you guys for the best show on youtube!

[@TheRexisFern]

Those Rotifers are cloning themselves and snagging new bits to make the clone better! If I could clone myself and introduce a few changes via choice thievery... I feel a super villain idea coming along, brb.

[@DuBziDriFT]

9 animals that will outlive us...on Earth. But we humans are going Interstellar baby!!!

[@beaconrider]

+Teddy Westside You have to be intelligent to do that. Right now science and stupidity are in a race. And stupidity is in the lead.

[@luciferangelica]

@@beaconrider and for once, you are a leader

[@grbear01]

Wow didn't even mention the tardigrade smh

[@alyssamsipe9123]

I know right, rude.

[@mrtffatr]

I just love Michael's hair...

[@jwick726]

It surprises me you didn't mention the Tardigrade! Nice video tho :)

[@felixthecrazy]

Down voted for skipping water bears!

[@trilight3597]

+felixthecrazy Probably because they don't 'outlive' us, as far as generations or evolution? At most I've seen 30 years? Up to 10 days in space is incredible. The creatures aren't meant to stand [extreme] conditions long but rather meant to resist them, but that's just my theory. A biological theory, thanks for reading.

[@4nd3rzzon]

@@trilight3597 who are you, copy paste king or something

[@charleshanson9467]

Can you explain how Classic civilizations were able to have constant and regular water pressure for ornamental fountains?

[@mukomaryan4919]

1:53 Oh, so that's where the Pokémon Company got the idea for Raticate.

[@jointedsquidy6858]

Keep er going

[@xtremej2575]

SciShow, plz go over the different symbiotic relationships humanity has with other animals

[@mathnerd97]

"They've going strong without sex for 80 million years" Yeah, same here

[@joshuahunt3032]

When the video stated that a lot of insects would survive a nuclear apocalypse in addition to cockroaches, I thought of Fallout 4. Radroaches are just the tip of the iceberg of radioactive bugs you might be up against. Not only do you have mutant scorpions and wasps to deal with, but there's also the matter of Mirelurks, which are essentially gigantic crab/lobster/shrimp/prawn-like creatures that come in several shapes and sizes.

[@D5quared91]

Does the Antarctic Toothfish taste sweet due to the sugars? Does it have a smooth flavor to it?

[@birhb6372]

Awwwwww! You didn't mention the tardigrade! (Water bear)

[@FlameJackstar]

Evolution, man. Mindblowing.

[@andrasbeke3012]

5:30 "I've got it! The Quahog lives longer because of something we haven't discovered yet!"

[@segar4942]

There are also tardigrades (a.k.a. Water bears) they can survive extreme temperatures, pressures, radiation, can go decades without food or water, and can survive the vacuum of space.

[@MischievousBastard]

Now I have the adaptation song stuck in my head.

[@vjm3]

Absolutely zero mention of the Tardigrase. :(

[@6Twisted]

I always thought humans were the most adaptable animals because of our intelligence.

[@megazion34]

Intelligence can only take us so far

[@dsher503]

I love sci show soooooooooooo much